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<html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"><title>Node</title></head><body><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Scene Worker Introduction</span><br><span style="font-style: italic;"><br></span>The Scene Worker Application consists of the Scene Monitor tree and inspector panel and a Tools Palette.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scene Monitor Tree and Inspector</span><br><br>The
Scene Monitor Tree displays a hierarchy of objects associated with the
selected object in the drop down menu at the top of the tree. For the
Scene Worker Application 2 object trees are available. <br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1. Root Node</span><br><br>This
is the node that represents the scene graph in the jme application.
This is the "topmost" level of the scene graph. Most items will be
added to this node or it's descendants.<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2. Pass Manager</span><br><br>The
pass manager contains passes which are rendered by the application. The
first pass simply contains the root node and is rendered normally.
Passes can be added to the pass manager and spatials can be then copied
from the scene graph to the pass or new spatials can be added to the
pass.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tools Palette</span><br><br>The Scene Worker Tools Palette comprises of the following tools;<br><br>1. Preferences<br><br>These
are preferences for Scene Worker in terms of how it operates. Also some
parameters associated with the scene, such as background colour etc are
located here also.<br><br>2. Spatial Selection Tool<br><br>This tool allows the user select visible objects in the scene graph by simply clicking on them.<br><br>3. Free Translation Tool<br><br>This
tool allows the user to modify an objects translation by dragging the
object to the desired location. Note that this tool will only modify an
objects translations in the plane that the camera is currently most
parallel.<br><br>4. X Axis Translation Tool<br><br>This tool allows the user to edit an object's translation along the x-axis.<br><br></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">5. Y Axis Translation Tool<br><br>This tool allows the user to edit an object's translation along the y-axis.<br><br></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">6. Z Axis Translation Tool<br><br>This tool allows the user to edit an object's translation along the z-axis.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> </span></body></html>